Roger Maynard, Sydney – Indonesia and Australia signalled a significant thaw in their relations yesterday, after Jakarta's Foreign Minister…

Jakarta – Indonesia warned rebels in Aceh on Thursday that it would soon step up military operations in the restive province, saying the…

Badri Djawara, Poso – At least five people were killed and five others were injured when two rival sectarian groups clashed in the Central…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Several of Indonesia's political parties appear to be backing down from a plan to investigate a financial scandal…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Legislators from the Golkar Party successfully foiled attempts on Wednesday to create a House of Representatives (DPR…

Indonesia's brief honeymoon with the international donor community appears to be over. Barely four months after President Megawati Sukarnoputri…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – How the authorities deal with the subsequent legal processing of captured Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra will, of course,…

Chris McCall, Jakarta – Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra's ability until yesterday to evade the clutches of the law was as sure a sign as any that…

Jakarta – Some 30 people from Indonesia's rebellious Irian Jaya province rallied peacefully outside the UN mission here on Thursday, accusing the…

Bahrul Ilmi Yakub, Palembang – More than 200 workers of state-owned coal company PT Bukit Asam held a demonstration at the South Sumatra…

Don Greenlees, Jakarta – Militia groups opposed to East Timor's separation from Indonesia are a spent force, incapable of presenting a military…

Rob Taylor, Canberra – Australia and Indonesia are set to resume military ties frozen in the diplomatic fallout from East Timor, following a two-…

Jakarta – Two rebels were killed and two wounded when some 100 members of the separatist Free Papua Movement attacked a police outpost…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – East Timor's charismatic leader Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao and former pro-Jakarta militia leader Joao Tavares agreed…

Canberra – Indonesia and Australia will set up a tripartite consultative forum to help East Timor solve problems that may arise in its…

Dili – With East Timor due to become the world's newest nation in six months, hundreds of people rallied Wednesday to mark the…

The Constituent Assembly today approved a motion recommending that East Timor's first presidential election be held in the first or…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – As a parliamentary body yesterday reported that up to 40 per cent of funds meant for regional governments were lost to…

Susan Sim, Jakarta – Frustrated that a seemingly unrepentant Indonesian military is still being given carte blanche authority to abuse human…

Jakarta – A church in the eastern Indonesian city of Poso has been bombed and burnt to the ground, a policeman said on Tuesday, and an aid worker…

Jakarta – Indonesia's forestry minister Tuesday promised a clampdown on illegal logging, which he called a "crime organized by many parties."

Jill Jolliffe, Dili – Indonesian authorities say they do not regard last year's Memorandum of Understanding between East Timor and Indonesia on…

Yongker Rumthe, Manado – An alliance of student associations in Gorontalo and North Sulawesi has called on the central government to annul the…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Controversial police figure Commissioner General Da'i Bachtiar is set to become Indonesia's new police chief with the…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – In a bid to prevent separatist and ethnic conflicts from fragmenting Indonesia, the government plans to rotate up to…

Ian Timberlake, Jakarta – The mysterious death of charismatic leader Theys Eluay threatens to inflame desires for independence in Irian Jaya, the…

Jakarta – The US military chief for the Pacific Tuesday said the Indonesian armed forces should account for the 1999 violence in East Timor before…

Jerry Norton, Jakarta – The United States wants to return to full military cooperation with Indonesia but it must first match words with action in…

Jakarta – The Jayapura-based offices of the Irian Jaya chapter of the Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) were attacked and damaged…

At least five people were killed in the Indonesian province of Aceh where separatist rebels are fighting government forces, military…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Once the Permuda Pancasila comprised the strong arm of the ruling Golkar party. Its members ran everything from…

Jakarta – Indonesia's Home Affairs Minister Hari Sabarno on Monday urged local authorities to revoke dozens of regional regulations deemed to…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government expects the country's current account surplus to fall significantly this year mainly due to lower oil prices,…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Life could not be harder for minimum wage earners in the capital. They are forced to struggle to make both ends…

Annastashya Emmanuelle, Jakarta – To some, the thought of everyday life without the assistance of domestic helpers is unbearable. The fact that…

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is playing for time and lacks seriousness in its plan to investigate the alleged…

Dean Yates, Jakarta – Indonesia's tolerant brand of Islam has passed the test of US attacks on Afghanistan largely intact despite images of…

Slobodan Lekic, Jakarta – Wracked by separatist struggles across its vast chain of islands, Indonesia is being especially haunted by a referendum…

Don Greenlees, Jakarta – United Nations prosecutors in East Timor have lodged an indictment against 21 people, including senior Indonesian…

Geneva – The United Nations Committee against Torture said on Friday that it was concerned about a "climate of impunity" for torture committed by…

Kupang – A top military officer here said East Timorese refugees in East Nusa Tenggara province no longer feel they have leaders. The sentiment…

Paul Osborne Brisbane – The problems of East Timorese refugees in West Timor and the disarmament of militia should be resolved within three months…

Alan Boyd, Sydney – Don't play with fire near gasoline, Theys Hiyo Eluay once warned Indonesia of its ruthless efforts to assimilate the 225…

Eleven people, including seven separatist rebels, have been killed in Indonesia's violence-torn Aceh province, the military and…

Pip Hinman, Sydney – The November 10 assassination in Jayapura of West Papuan leader Theys Eluay drew condemnation from a wide range of public…

Dita Sari, chairperson of the Indonesian National Front or Labour Struggles (FNPBI) was released from police custody on the evening of…

Ainur R. Sophiaan, Surabaya – The chairman of the East Java chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PRD), Eusebius Purwadi, denied charges that…

Max Lane – On November 11, a panel of three judges in Banda Aceh handed down their findings after two weeks of hearings in the case brought by the…

Karen Polglaze, Melbourne – The interests of the people of East Timor would have been totally compromised had former Labor prime minister Paul…

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – Dozens of minibus crews at the Blok M bus terminal remained on strike for a third consecutive day on Thursday protesting…